FORTY PERCENT OF U.S. ELECTRIC...

Apr 17, 2016 by

FORTY PERCENT OF U.S. ELECTRICITY COULD COME FROM ROOFTOP SOLAR

[Translate]   By s.e. smith, Care2 | Report With rooftop solar arrays becoming more common, the Department of Energy decided to do...

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CALTECH’S 2500 ORBITING ...

Apr 13, 2016 by

CALTECH’S 2500 ORBITING SOLAR PANELS COULD PROVIDE EARTH WITH LIMITLESS ENERGY

[Translate] FUTURISM NASA In Brief The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a collaboration between Caltech and Northrup Grumman, has...

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WHY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE...

Apr 7, 2016 by

WHY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES ARE OPTING FOR COMMUNITY-SCALE SOLAR

[Translate] ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE This is the third in a series of blog posts on RMI’s Shine program. Shine is innovating and...

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THIS MASSIVE WIND-POWERED SKYS...

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[Translate]   by Lacy Cooke  INHABITAT View Slideshow Paolo Venturella Architecture just unveiled plans for a fantastical Global...

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THE $2.5 BILLION U.S. POWER LI...

Mar 30, 2016 by

[Translate] Jonathan Crawford CLIMATE PROGRESS Largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. Approved Construction set to...

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AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS C...

Mar 26, 2016 by

AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS COAL-FREE

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Guinnog/Creative Commons For nearly 50 years the Longannet power...

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WALL STREET’S RETREAT FR...

Mar 26, 2016 by

WALL STREET’S RETREAT FROM KING COAL

[Translate]   Photo Credit Ty Wright/Bloomberg, via Getty Images The grave environmental damage from coal-fired power plants has...

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HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHA...

Mar 21, 2016 by

HOW (LITTLE) THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE PARIS CLIMATE PACT

[Translate] By John Upton   CLIMATE CENTRAL National leaders have yet to sign a new United Nations climate pact, but developments...

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SOLAR ADVOCATES HAVE THEIR EYE...

Mar 21, 2016 by

SOLAR ADVOCATES HAVE THEIR EYES ON LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Courtesy GRID Alternatives Volunteers and GRID Alternative staff get ready to...

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EXPERIMENT ON RENEWABLES COULD...

Mar 17, 2016 by

EXPERIMENT ON RENEWABLES COULD MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

[Translate] By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     An illustration shows blue spheres of one metric ton each,...

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SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL...

Mar 17, 2016 by

SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL CO2 FLAT AS ECONOMY GROWS

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global carbon...

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MAINE’S REPUBLICAN GOVER...

Mar 13, 2016 by

MAINE’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IS KEEPING THE STATE FROM ADDING HUNDREDS OF SOLAR JOBS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at...

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CLEAN AVIATION WILL TAKE WING,...

Mar 10, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Thor Benson  TRUTHDIG Jerry Lin / Shutterstock Elon Musk is not the kind of eccentric billionaire who proposes...

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CHINESE WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT ...

Mar 9, 2016 by

[Translate] SHL Architects By Kate Yoder GRIST On the mountainous outskirts of Shenzhen, a fast-growing megacity in China, the...

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CAN THE U.S. ACHIEVE ITS CLIMA...

Mar 4, 2016 by

CAN THE U.S. ACHIEVE ITS CLIMATE GOALS?

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Electricity transmission / Institute for Energy Research With the U.S. Supreme Court stay of...

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOLAR WILL...

Mar 4, 2016 by

FOR THE FIRST TIME, SOLAR WILL BE THE TOP NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY THIS YEAR

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/John Locher   For the first time ever utility-scale solar...

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PROFIT OVER THE PLANET: WTO...

Feb 27, 2016 by

PROFIT OVER THE PLANET: WTO’S LAWSUIT RULING COULD BE A GIANT BLOW TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MOVEMENT

[Translate] WTO tribunal ruled in a lawsuit initiated by the U.S. that India’s national solar energy program violates trade law...

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2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE...

Feb 19, 2016 by

2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RANKINGS SHOW PROGRESS AND FAILURE

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green Deforestation in Brazil / Wired Yale University and Columbia University, together with the...

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THE FUTURE OF THE GRID IS HERE...

Jan 21, 2016 by

THE FUTURE OF THE GRID IS HERE, IN THESE TWO PRODUCTS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Rooftop solar plus storage installations can be combined to help...

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DESERT TOWER RAISES CHILE̵...

Jan 16, 2016 by

DESERT TOWER RAISES CHILE’S SOLAR POWER AMBITION TO NEW HEIGHTS

[Translate]   THE GUARDIAN Towering 200 metres above the desert, the Atacama 1 will harvest the sun’s energy from a surrounding...

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Breathing Fire: How ‘Dra...

Jan 11, 2016 by

[Translate] The quest is on to develop new technology that can tap the intense heat deep below the Earth’s surface and supply the...

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ENERGY BOOST FOR RUSSIA AND NE...

Jan 7, 2016 by

ENERGY BOOST FOR RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORS

[Translate] By Paul Brown / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     The Kosh-Agachsky solar power plant in southern Russia, near the...

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3 New Years Resolutions That W...

Jan 1, 2016 by

3 New Years Resolutions That Will End the World’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels

[Translate] Environment The more renewable energy we use, the cheaper it gets. Fossil fuels get more expensive the more we burn them....

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THESE SOLAR PANELS CAN CAPTURE...

Dec 27, 2015 by

[Translate] With a special glass coating, these solar panels can capture sunlight from almost any angle Environment With a special...

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CONGRESS JUST EXTENDED THE PTC...

Dec 23, 2015 by

CONGRESS JUST EXTENDED THE PTC AND ITC: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

[Translate] eLab Network Manager ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE Late last week, Congress passed a bill that extends the Production Tax...

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‘POWER PAPER’ STOR...

Dec 21, 2015 by

‘POWER PAPER’ STORES ELECTRICITY AND RECHARGES IN SECONDS

[Translate] One of the difficulties with renewable energy, like solar cells and wind turbines, is the problem of how to store that...

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On Thin Ice: Big Northern Lake...

Dec 20, 2015 by

On Thin Ice: Big Northern Lakes Are Being Rapidly Transformed

[Translate] As temperatures rise, northern lakes are undergoing major changes that include swiftly warming waters, diminished ice...

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DUBAI MAKES A STRONG PUSH FOR ...

Dec 18, 2015 by

[Translate] mre Solt/ Wiki Commons FUTURISM In Brief Dubai announces commendable initiatives focusing on the use of clean and...

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PLUG & PLAY SOLARPOD CAN ...

Dec 17, 2015 by

PLUG & PLAY SOLARPOD CAN BE INSTALLED ON ANY ROOF – WITHOUT DRILLING A SINGLE HOLE

[Translate] by Colin Payne  INHABITAT Solar power is taking the nation by storm, but one challenge some homeowners face is how to...

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U.S. MILITARY NO LONGER AUTOMA...

Dec 16, 2015 by

U.S. MILITARY NO LONGER AUTOMATICALLY EXEMPT FROM EMISSIONS TARGETS UNDER PARIS DEAL

[Translate] Reuters / Agencja Gazeta The Paris climate talks: Yes oui can! By Arthur Neslen   GRIST This story was originally...

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